Random Crackle Nail Design!

So I was terribly bored tonight so I decided to create a nail desing, kind of.

It didn't come out as I hope it would, but I still like it.

(L-R) Funky Fingers: Cheshire, Sinful Colors: Hot Pink

Claire's: Black Crackl, Funky Fingers: 220 Volts

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Sally Hansen Crackle Polish

Well I finally hopped on the "Crackle" "Shatter" bandwagon!

It turned into one of those things that I HAD to have!

Here's my manicure I did today...

Bottom coat is Sinful Colors: Black on Black

Top coat is Sally Hansen Crackle: Fuchsia Shock 04

Without Flash...

With flash...

Hope you enjoyed :)

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Beauty Haul For The Day!

I totally did a little tiny bit of shopping today!

It has been a while since I have, so I guess it's okay...

AND 2 of my items were completely free :)

I had two coupons I got in the mail for these free products...

Now if any of your read my previous post on the L'Oreal Sublime Mousse Color, you'd know I was pleased :) About a month ago John Frieda had a survey going on their Facebook, and I completed it, so I got this free!

Also, on Facebook, I entered the free product giveaway thingy, and I got chosen to get a coupon for any new Suave Professionals. I have severely thin, limp hair, so I am trying this one.

These are my new nail polishes :)

Sinful Colors:Black on Black, Claire's: I luv the 80's,

Claire's: Black Crackle, Sally Hansen Crackle: Fuchsia Shock

AND since I got my fake nails off, I decide to try this....

Hope it works :)

Hope you enjoyed my little haul...haha

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Mermaid nails with a hidden treasure ;)

I've rediscovered my love for Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure, guys.  I wore it maybe twice last summer (right after I found it by its lonesome on an empty display in Walgreens, haha- after searching for MONTHS) because I could never get the dang thing off!  I thought it was the polish back then, but just realized the other day that it was most likely a bad nail polish remover.  Last week I was wearing Hidden Treasure over Sinful Colors Nirvana, a muted chocolate brown, and it was a whole lot of gorgeousness.

My pictures of this are kind of bad, but:

After that experiment, and figuring out that it's not that hard to remove using a better polish remover, I tried it out over another polish!  This time it's Sinful Colors Mint Apple:

(Click to enlarge pictures for more detail!)

Hidden Treasure has always been hard for me to capture in pictures- the flakiness doesn't translate as beautifully as it looks in person.  The picture above on the left isn't color accurate, but it showed the cool effects of Hidden Treasure best. 

It kind of reminds me of a mermaid, or something under the ocean!  I like it, and totally makes me excited for summer.  (It would make me excited for spring if we actually had it as a season this year... lol)

What are you guys wearing on your nails right now? 

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Sinful Colors=HOT PINK Toes!

Now normally I go to the salon and get a pedicure but money is a tad bit tight right now so I decided to paint them myself last night!

I used the Sinful Colors Professional #920 (It doesn't have a name on the bottle?) But It's a hot pink! Totally perfect for warm weather! I love wearing neon colors in the summer!

And that is my favorite base coat next to it!

I am on the hunt for a neon blue, got any brands to let me know about?

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Cherry Culture Haul

I've been hearing a lot about a website called Cherry Culture, so I thought I would check it out. It’s a website that sells beauty products. I made a purchase about a week and a half ago and got my products the other day. I have only used a few of the products so I can’t really offer any reviews at the moment, but will review them after I have used them for a bit. Here is what I got:
Sinful Colors Professional Nail Polish - Left to right: Glasss Pink, Dancing Nails, Tahiti Breeze, Mama-San


LA Colors Beach Party Value Pack. This also came with a set of Toe Separators

Lip Products: NYX Round lipstick in the color Frosted Flakes. Amuse Diamond Lip Gloss in Baby Pink, Amuse Chapbalm in Watermelon

NYX Single Eyeshadows - Super Creamy, Smokie Mountain, Golden Amber and Pure Gold

NYX Jumbo Pencils - Iced Mocha, Black Bean, Milk

LA Colors Glittering Starlet Eyeshadow – Jean
NYX Glitter Cream Palette -  Bronze Goddess
If you have any questions about any of these products feel free to leave a comment below or email me at SmallBudgetBeauty@gmail.com

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Electric Zebra!

This look was inspired by my friend Rosy McMichael's latest youtube video, who had to create an "Electric Zoo" makeup look for a contest.  She has other great tutorials in her channel, you need to check it out.  You can see her videos HERE.

Now, I used my toes because my hands are still busy with the Incoco experiment thing, but PLEASE focus on the nails and not my actual feet (I don't really like the way my bones stick out from the sides and I'm not even going to address my scars...let's just say I'm a bit clumsy)

Anyways, I used Sinful Color's Neon Melon as a base.  The best way to describe this color is "highlighter yellow". It even applies like a highlighter! You are going to need 3 or 4 coats because it's very thin, but it dries fast, so it's not such a hassle.  Also, the color is very vibrant, so it is wort it.  Like most neons, it has a semi-matte finish, but if you don't like it you can use a topcoat over it and that should solve your problem. This is how the nail polish looks after 4 coats, very streaky!

Now, the good part: adding the zebra design!  This time, i'm going to use my Konad.  For those of you who don't know, Konad is a nail stamping system that is very popular and inexpensive. You can get it on ebay.  Konad also sells "special nail polish" to use with the stamping thingy and I must confess that I didn't believe this polish was really special at first, but then, when I actually started using it I realized that it makes it so much easier! If you're gonna go and buy the Konad, I highly recommend that you buy the special nail polish as well.  You can also use your own nail polish but not all of them work with it.  You need to experiment with them.

So this is how Konad works: You get an metal disc (image plate) of your choice, that contains about 5 different nail designs; once you choose your design, you brush a little nail polish in it, then you scrape the excess off.  Then, with a special stamp, you pick up the design and stamp it in your nail.  Sounds easy? That's because it is.  You just need a little bit of practice to learn how to do this fast, because you need to act before the nail polish dries.

After stamping in your nail, this is how it looks, VERY messy! Don't worry, we'll clean that later, when all the nails are done and everything is dry.  See how messy mine look?

Now, this is the final result.  Very simple, but I think the base color is already making a statement, and truth be told, I'm a bit lazy today :)

I used an OPI base coat , Sinful Colors Neon Melon as a base, Konad Special Nail Polish in Black for the zebra design, and Seche Vite as a top coat.  When using Konad you absolutely canNOT skip this part.  You need a good top coat that doesn't drag the nail polish, and you need to apply it with as few brush strokes as possible to protect the design.  Seche Vite always does the trick for me, I adore it!

That is all for today, I'll try to post very often, and if there's anything that you guys wanna see let me know! I can always use a little inspiration...

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Collective 'Haul': Random Goodies- Updated

Update:
So, I had a chance to try out the: Covergirl & ELF quads and B&BW Dark Kiss.  I am in LOVE with Dark Kiss- it smells so "expensive" and dark and mysterious!  The Covergirl quad is so pigmented!  I'm really impressed with this.  And lastly, the ELF quad isn't too pigmented like I said towards the end of this post, but it makes a really pretty neutral eye with a nice shading in the crease (Using the dark mauve color).  I'll try to do an EOTD soon with both of these.
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I haven't done much heavy makeup buying the last week or two, but these are some random things I've purchased.  I keep going into Target or Walmart or wherever I am and only buying one little thing.  There hasn't been too much drugstore makeup that's screamed for my attention!

Top: Victoria's Secret Secret Garden hand & body creams in Luscious Kisses and Sweet Surrender

Middle: Maybelline single eyeshadow in Amethyst, Bath & Body Works lotion in Dark Kiss, ELF eyeshadow quad in Matte Mauve, Sinful Colors nail polish in Fiji

Bottom: Covergirl eyeshadow quad in Tropical Fusion

The VS hand & body creams I have wanted for so long!  Luscious Kisses has valencia orange, coconut and tonka bean; Sweet Surrender smells like jojoba butter.  

This Maybelline Amethyst eyeshadow is a really pretty purple.  If you have green or brown eyes, I think this would look gorgeous on you!  The pigmentation is also really nice.

Dark Kiss is the new scent from Bath & Body Works, so like with all their new scents, you can "preview" it in a travel size.  This is the $1 lotion.  It has black raspberry, plum, amber, vanilla bean, and balsam.  Very fall/winter.

This ELF Matte Mauve eyeshadow quad I've wanted from the website for a long time, but just never got.  I found it at my local Dollar Tree today!  They have a bunch of other ELF items, along with some Max Factor eyeshadows, Almay Pure Blends eyeshadows and lipglosses, and other new things.

Sinful Colors is on sale at Walgreens this week for $.99.  I picked up the color Fiji and really like it so far!  

Lastly is the Covergirl eyeshadow quad Tropical Fusion.  I stayed away from this because of my past experiences with poorly pigmented Covergirl single eyeshadows.  However, this one was just calling my name so I decided to try it.  Look how pigmented it is- at least for being Covergirl!

Obviously it's not crazy-pigmented, but for what I expected, it performed great.  I can't wait to try this on my eyes.  

Swatches of Maybelline Amethyst and ELF Matte Mauve:

The lowest performer in this group is definitely the ELF quad.  I thought this would be just as nice as my other quads, but it just failed in comparison.   

I'd highly recommend the VS Sweet Surrender hand cream.  Actually, any of the three in this collection are really moisturizing and light (There's one with cocoa butter and one with shea).

Thanks for reading!  And thanks also for bearing with my random posts.  I know I said to expect normal posting to resume, but my sister was here and we were spending every last minute together. 

Tomorrow I get my wisdom teeth out, so as long as I'm awake and not feeling terrible, I should have lots of time to post.  :)

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NOTD: Sinful Colors in San Francisco Show Me The Way

I have to admit, I'm not one to wear particularly "bold" nail polish colors.  The closest I get to bold is usually either coral or plum (Or my more recent favorite, darker minty greens like Sinful Colors' Mint Apple).  So, you can imagine my hesitancy to wear a color like San Francisco Show Me The Way on my nails!

While it's both VERY green and shimmery, I think I'm warming up to it.  I loathe forest greens, and this has enough yellow in it that it doesn't venture into that territory.

I also found that it looks pretty cool with my work "uniform"- we're required to wear all black.  I think that's been the main inspiration for my desire to wear poppy nail polish colors.  :)

Definitely expect more Sinful Colors NOTD's in the future; Walgreens has had them BOGO1/2off, and I still have You Just Wait to try out.  

Yay for nail polish, haha.  :)

(Sorry for the mislabel!  I thought this was San Francisco, but my bottle's sticker was wrong.  I was wondering why all the images I had seen of the real San Francisco looked so much deeper!  Haha, this is really Show Me The Way)

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Small Walgreens Haul

After a long week of work and the wrapping-up of school, I decided I needed a little trip to Walgreens to treat myself.  The one close to my house usually starts the Sunday deals on Saturdays (A day early), and today was no different!  This next week, brands like Rimmel, Wet 'N Wild, Covergirl, and Revlon all have BOGO 50%  sales on all cosmetics.  And today I was able to take advantage of the BOGO 50% off sale on Sinful Colors nail polish, as well.  Awesome!  Here's what I got:

Wet 'n' Wild ColorIcon blush in Mellow Wine

Wet 'n' Wild ColorIcon eyeshadow in Knock On Wood

Sinful Colors nail polishes in (Left to right) Mint Apple, Vacation Time, San Francisco, and You Just Wait

Both the WnW products retail at $2.99, so with the BOGO sale I paid $2.99 for one, and $1.50 for the other.  The Sinful Colors polishes were to $1.99 for one, $.99 for the other, so together it was a pretty good deal.

I'll be reviewing both the blush and eyeshadows as soon as I get a chance to try them out.  Hope you're having a great Saturday night!

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